Stock markets around the world crash on what is known as Black Monday including a 22.6% U.S. stock market drop

(Oct. 19, 1987)

Entertainment

For 1988 movies, Rain Man came out on top. It grossed over $172,825,435 to make it the most popular movie of 1988.
Among 1988 TV shows, The Cosby Show was the most popular for the year.

Top Movies from 1988

Rain Man

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Coming to America

Big

Twins

Crocodile Dundee II

Die Hard

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Top Songs from 1988

Faith, George Michael

Need You Tonight, INXS

Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison

Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley

Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses

So Emotional, Whitney Houston

Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Belinda Carlisle

Could've Been, Tiffany

Billboard Top Songs from 1988

All of the 1988 hits below topped the 1988 Billboard Top 100 charts. Can you remember the lyrics of any of these 1988 top songs?

Rank

Artist

Song

1.

George Michael

Faith

2.

INXS

Need You Tonight

3.

George Harrison

Got My Mind Set On You

4.

Rick Astley

Never Gonna Give You Up

5.

Guns N' Roses

Sweet Child O' Mine

6.

Whitney Houston

So Emotional

7.

Belinda Carlisle

Heaven Is A Place On Earth

8.

Tiffany

Could've Been

9.

Breathe

Hands To Heaven

10.

Steve Winwood

Roll With It

11.

George Michael

One More Try

12.

Terence Trent d'Arby

Wishing Well

13.

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

Anything For You

14.

Cheap Trick

The Flame

15.

Billy Ocean

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

16.

Expose

Seasons Change

17.

Whitesnake

Is This Love

18.

Escape Club

Wild, Wild West

19.

Def Leppard

Pour Some Sugar On Me

20.

Taylor Dayne

I'll Always Love You

21.

Michael Jackson

Man In The Mirror

22.

Debbie Gibson

Shake Your Love

23.

Robert Palmer

Simply Irresistible

24.

Richard Marx

Hold On To The Nights

25.

Eric Carnen

Hungry Eyes

26.

Johnny Hates Jazz

Shattered Dreams

27.

George Michael

Father Figure

28.

Samantha Fox

Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)

29.

Phil Collins

A Groovy Kind Of Love

30.

Def Leppard

Love Bites

31.

Richard Marx

Endless Summer Nights

32.

Debbie Gibson

Foolish Beat

33.

Whitney Houston

Where Do Broken Hearts Go

34.

Aerosmith

Angel

35.

Bangles

Hazy Shade Of Winter

36.

Michael Jackson

The Way You Make Me Feel

37.

Bobby McFerrin

Don't Worry, Be Happy

38.

Eric Carnen

Make Me Lose Control

39.

UB40

Red Red Wine

40.

Patric Swayze

She's Like The Wind

41.

Bon Jovi

Bad Medicine

42.

Beach Boys

Kokomo

43.

Elton John

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

44.

Rick Astley

Together Forever

45.

George Michael

Monkey

46.

INXS

Devil Inside

47.

Richard Marx

Should've Known Better

48.

Chicago

I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love

49.

Kylie Minogue

The Loco-Motion

50.

Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield

What Have I Done To Deserve This?

51.

Jets

Make It Real

52.

Information Society

What's On Your Mind

53.

Taylor Dayne

Tell It To My Heart

54.

Debbie Gibson

Out Of The Blue

55.

Jody Watley

Don't You Want Me

56.

U2

Desire

57.

Belinda Carlisle

I Get Weak

58.

Terence Trent d'Arby

Sign Your Name

59.

Roger

I Want To Be Your Man

60.

Pebbles

Girlfriend

61.

Michael Jackson

Dirty Diana

62.

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

1 2 3 4

63.

Pebbles

Mercedes Boy

64.

Huey Lewis and The News

Perfect World

65.

INXS

New Sensation

66.

Pretty Poison

Catch Me (I'm Falling)

67.

New Edition

If It Isn't Love

68.

Jets

Rocket 2 U

69.

Peter Cetera

One Good Woman

70.

Cheap Trick

Don't Be Cruel

71.

Elton John

Candle In The Wind

72.

Daryl Hall and John Oates

Everything Your Heart Desires

73.

Foreigner

Say You Will

74.

Keith Sweat

I Want Her

75.

Natalie Cole

Pink Cadillac

76.

Tracy Chapman

Fast Car

77.

Icehouse

Electric Blue

78.

Bruce Hornsby and The Range

The Valley Road

79.

Bobby Brown

Don't Be Cruel

80.

Pet Shop Boys

Always On My Mind

81.

Brenda Russell feat. Joe Esposito

Piano In The Dark

82.

Van Halen

When It's Love

83.

Paul Carrack

Don't Shed A Tear

84.

Sting

We'll Be Together

85.

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

I Hate Myself For Loving You

86.

Foreigner

I Don't Want To Live Without You

87.

Al B. Sure!

Nite And Day

88.

Steve Winwood

Don't You Know What The Night Can Do

89.

Whitney Houston

One Moment In Time

90.

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

Can't Stay Away From You

91.

George Michael

Kissing A Fool

92.

John Cougar Mellancamp

Cherry Bomb

93.

Brenda K. Starr

I Still Believe

94.

Cher

I Found Someone

95.

INXS

Never Tear Us Apart

96.

Steve Windwood

Valerie

97.

David Lee Roth

Just Like Paradise

98.

Poison

Nothin' But A Good Time

99.

White Lion

Wait

100.

Taylor Dayne

Prove Your Love

Most Popular Names for People Who Graduated in 1988

Girls

Jennifer

Lisa

Kimberly

Michelle

Amy

Guys

Michael

James

David

John

Robert

Class of 1988 Yearbook

Class of 1988 Reunion

Your 30 year reunion is only 3 years away!

Class of 1988: If are part of the 1988 graduating class, we hope you enjoy thinking about the historical events, remembering
the lyrics to the best songs, and thinking back to some of your best high school friends.
Be sure to visit Classmates.com®
to find old friends from the class of 1988 and reconnect with fellow class of '88 graduates. They have tools to help
you plan a class of 1988 reunion, see yearbook photos from 1988, and use the graduates list to get in touch with old friends.